The Problem with Being Palestinian on Thanksgiving.

A piece I wrote for BuzzFeed about Arabs and Thanksgiving.

The Problem with Being Palestinian on Thanksgiving

on repeat

this weekend:

Kavinsky/The Weeknd: Sexy

Nothing Compares 2 U: "It’s one of the simplest music-video concepts ever: a closeup of elfin Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, sporting a crew cut and a black turtleneck, singing directly to the camera. It’s also the most heartbreaking. The look on O’Connor’s face pinballs between nostalgia, anger and sadness, a temporary schizophrenia. Near the end, when O’Connor sings, “All the flowers that you planted, mama/ in the backyard/ all died when you went away,” two tears roll down her cheeks — the result, said O’Connor later, of her tempestuous relationship with her own mother. (When Prince sings the song, he replaces “mama” with “baby.”) It’s raw and intimate and unforgettable."

infusion

you must hold it in your head all at once